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Does Teacher Diversity Matter in Student Learning?
“Research shows that students, especially boys, benefit when teachers share their race or gender. Yet most teachers are white women.” Claire Cain Miller reports on several studies about the impact of teacher gender and race on student achievement. While training…
Read MoreHow teachers can support students during Ramadan
Rusul Alrubail gives a brief explanation of Ramadan observances and notes that space, understanding and empathy are what Muslim students want from their schools and teachers. To read the complete essay, click here. Ramadan mubarak.
Read MoreIt Doesn’t Just Happen at Starbucks. Teachers Need Racial Bias Training Too.
Zachary Wright, a white man and 12th-grade literature teacher, relates how he came to understand his complicity in the perpetuation of systems of racial oppression. “The tearing down of implicit racial bias is not a one-off exercise, but rather something…
Read MorePreventing Racial Bias in the Classroom: What One Researcher Hopes to Learn
Doris Chang, Director of Clinical Training and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the New School for Social Research, describes a Mindfulness-Based Critical Consciousness Training (MBCC-T) for teachers she is piloting, which “will combine training in mindfulness and culturally-responsive pedagogy with…
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